Tuesday, August 28, 2007

What's So Wrong with Being Sexy?

There's been some discussion in the 'osphere about whether the new Heineken ad is the most sexist commercial ever (but only in that circle-jerkish blogosphere way, so I won't give the multiple links).

I'd like to nominate this gem from Carl's Jr. Wait a sec and it will come up. I tried searching around for the full 30 second spot I saw last night, which just features more rapping about flat buns and awesome objectification.

As I watched it, I was horrified, but it also occurred to me that I know all the words to "Baby Got Back," which I've always considered stupidly goofy. Is there a difference? Lisa suggests the school setting makes this worse.

2 comments:

wobblie said...

Hellooooo! The difference between the two is that Sir Mix-A-Lot is TOTALLY AWESOME whereas those skinny white boys couldn't rhyme their way out of a paper bag.

No? How about Sir Mix-A-Lot is from Seattle and has total indie cred, whereas those skinny white boys are corporate clones from LA...

Okay, Sir Mix-A-Lots paean to the booty is about art, whereas the skinny white boys are corporate whores?

Shit, I got nothing, although I'll stand by reason #1.

Anonymous said...

FLAT BUNS..."FAMILY GUY" LIKES FLAT BUNS...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJp9WXtIzPM&mode=related&search=